Have you seen the cute, little girl on the latest cover of “American Baby” magazine?

It’s none other than Bolivar’s Abigail Lee, who was selected from 15,000 contestants for the honor. Abigail advanced to the top 10 and later was selected as one of five finalists. During the last weekend of January, Abigail, along with mother, Christine Lee, and grandmother, Sue Passmore, took a trip to New York City for a photo shoot.

But in the months following the photo shoot, came the hardest part — waiting for the decision from the magazine. It was definitely worth the wait, said Lee, who has been notified that Abigail is on April’s cover of the magazine, which is distributed to doctors’ offices across the country.

“We found out about it Monday, but we were told to keep it on the down low,” said Lee. “But, then, I started getting calls from doctors about her being on the cover.”

The family celebration took a bit of a hit as Abigail had been in the hospital recovering from an illness.

“That’s not exactly how we had envisioned celebrating,” Lee said. “But it is exciting and I’ve heard from Facebook friends. They’ve been sending pictures of the magazine.”

To wrap up the experience in words is hard for Lee.

“I guess it’s been surreal,” she said. “That’s the word I keep using. It’s been a ride, I can’t really grasp it.”

And now Lee’s friends are ready to see what the next step will be for Abigail. They all have suggestions (maybe a modeling career), but Lee said she is just happy the experience with “American Baby” turned out to be positive.

“I don’t want it to end,” said Lee. “But, at the same time, I want Abigail to be a nice, hometown girl.”

And no matter what happens in the future, Abigail will one day be able to tell her friends she was a cover girl.